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Rough electrical contact surface

US5876580A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 12, 1996
Grant dateMar 2, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 12, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/12993
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for rendering a surface of a contact rough includes submerging the surface of the contact in an electroplating bath having a dissolved metal salt, and pulsing an electric current through the contact and the bath to form a rough metallic structure on the surface of the contact.

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